Silver pushes early voting, disclosure in new bills

6:49 PM,
Dec. 27, 2012

Written by

Jon Campbell

A new bill would allow New York voters to cast their ballots two weeks before Election Day.

The proposal from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, would require each county to open at least five polling places for voting 14 days prior to a general election and seven days before a primary election.

Each polling place would be required to be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day, including weekends. ...